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Drinking bowl

This very thin-walled coconut shell served as a drinking vessel and was most likely used in kava ceremonies. Text: Ulrich Menter

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Linden-Museum Stuttgart Staatliches Museum für Völkerkunde
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Object type
Drinking bowl
Dimensions
Höhe: 6.3 cm, Durchmesser: 15 cm
Material/Technique
Coconut stone shell, Thread
carved, Polished
Current location
Linden-Museum Stuttgart
Inventory number
023187

Provenance and sources

when
before 1880

where
Samoa

when
1902
Provenance
According to the inventory book, the object is part of the Digel Collection, which was acquired in 1880 in Sāmoa. Graf von Linden donated this collection to the museum in 1902. Text: Ulrich Menter

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